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In 2017, NASA has detected a neutron-star collision that is filled with gold, platinum, and silver. On monday, october 16, 2017, scientists won a noble prize for their discovery of this collision that created radioactive "kilonova" 130 million light years away.

Scientists are not sure what happened to the two neutron stars afterwards, however they assume that they most likely formed a black hole. They also believe that some of the pieces of these neutron stars as escaped this black hole formation and is filled with many metals worth $1000 an ounce and it could possibly land on earth. The scientists believe that after this happens, the "aliens may eventually dig up the metals as we have" (Mosher).

This discovery of a star filled with gold, platinum, and silver could just be the beginning of gravitational-wave astronomy.

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Aaryan Patel

10/20/2017 03:58:22 pm

The Periodic Table organizes elements in many different patterns, some being atomic mass and number or protons. As time progressed after Mendeleev made the table more elements were discovered and added on to it. Eventually, instead of scientists discovering elements, they created them. The heaviest element on the Periodic Table is actually man-made and is called Oganesson (element 118). Oganesson was created by fusing calcium-48 ions (which have 20 protons) with the target of californium-249 (90 protons). It actually took the scientists two months bombarding the target to make 3 atoms of element 118. This was because most of the time the ions went straight through the target and did nothing. But on the rare head on collisions it caused the elements to stick and form a new super-heavy atom.

We encounter the elements of the periodic table quite frequently in our lives. Just one example of how we use lithium everyday is when we use rechargeable batteries that are common in many of our devices. Without lithium-ion batteries it would be difficult to maintain household things such as wall clocks, radios, smoke detectors, and remotes because we would need to continuously replace the battery. With lithium-ion batteries they drain energy at a slower rate and can also be recharged with electrolytes from the wall. This is just one of the many ways the elements of the periodic table affects our daily life.

An example of the Periodic Table of Elements in real life is a Sudoku puzzle or a Crossword puzzle. The Periodic Table of Elements organizes and predicts elements based on their physical and chemical properties, and can even predict the properties of undiscovered elements! A crossword puzzle gives hints on what the word is, and finding more words gives more hints, in a Sudoku puzzle, you have a general idea where the numbers go, and the surrounding numbers give hints on the 'properties' of the number.

I believe that the periodic table has the same structure and organization as a hierarchy of a kingdom. You have you peasants that are most likely to leave the kingdom and their income is the most unstable. While as you get higher up the hierarchy (to the right in the periodic table) the people's income get more stable. At the top of the hierarchy, you have nobles (Noble Gases) that are very happy and they sustain themselves with a lot of money.
https://www.hierarchystructure.com/medieval-feudal-hierarchy/

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Feeda E.

10/21/2017 05:36:13 pm

Two of the most well-known contributors to the periodic table of elements are Marie and Pierre Curie. The couple are famous for discovering Radium and Polonium. They were also the first to use the term radioactivity. For their discoveries, they won the Nobel prize in physics in 1903, which made Marie the first women to ever win the prize. After these discoveries, the couple began the long task of isolating the new elements. After Pierre died in 1906, Marie continued working and earned a second Nobel prize but this time in chemistry in 1911.

Sources:

www.nobelprize.org
www.phy.hr

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Gyan S

10/21/2017 08:08:58 pm

An example of the Periodic Table all around us is in water testing. Especially in households and schools, water is constantly tested for its quality. However, what is really being tested are the levels of elements (specifically metals) on the Periodic Table. Some of the elements most commonly tested for are Lead, Sodium and Iron. While some elements are beneficial to humans, others are toxic, qhich is why water is tested to prevent poisoning.

REFERENCES
feedwater.co.uk/water-testing-for-metals-and-heavy-metals/

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Andy M.

10/21/2017 09:33:43 pm

Element six : carbon
This element is very important to all life. It is the main element of the organic compound which makes up cells which as we know is the bass of all life incuding human life. It is so basic to life since it can create bonds with many different other elements. There is nearly 10 million carbon bassed bonds! There are so many that there are four different categories of carbon based compounds: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.

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